State DOT: Iowa faces $215M annual shortfall for needed repairs

11:50 PM,
Feb. 14, 2013

AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Brad Doherty

Written by

William Petroski
| For the Press-Citizen

Iowans oppose raising the state's gasoline tax by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, according to The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll.

The survey asked about a pending legislative proposal to seek a 10-cent increase in the state's motor fuel tax to repair Iowa's system of roads and bridges. Sixty-three percent were opposed, 35 percent were in favor and 2 percent were not sure.

Other proposals to raise the tax have languished in recent sessions of the Legislature amid a lack of support. In February 2012, an Iowa Poll showed 68 percent of Iowans were against such an increase, as compared to 70 percent in ...